If any person—
(a)proceeds on any voyage in an inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] as the master or engineer of such vessel without being at the time entitled to, and possessed of, a master‟s or serang‟s or an engineer‟s or engine-driver‟s certificate 5[or a master‟s or engine-driver‟s licence] as the case may be, as required under this Act, or
(b)employs as the master or engineer of an inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] any person without ascertaining that he is at the time entitled to, and possessed of, such certificate 2[or licence],
he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.